Why doesn't my browser print <Sat> on an HTML page?

Question

I was trying to do sprintf("<%s>", "Sat");, but nothing comes out. When you remove the less than symbol, it will start working again. Anyone experience this behavior and whether it expected? as i think it is a bug.

You can even get the same result here with printf..... http://writecodeonline.com/php/

Answer 1

Your browser is probably rendering it as a tag. View source to confirm.

http://codepad.org/g5FXZAwa

<?php

printf("<%s>", "Sat");

Prints <Sat>

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Edit for Yogesh.

<?php

echo sprintf("<%s>", "Sat");

Prints <Sat>